code: def load_apprentice_persona_list(personas_fpath: str, shuffle: bool):
      """
      Reads a list of curated apprentice personas.
      """
      logging.info("Loading personas.")
      with open(personas_fpath, "r") as pf:
          personas = [p.strip() for p in pf if p.strip()]
      logging.info(f"{len(personas)} personas loaded.")
      if shuffle:
          random.shuffle(personas)
      return personas
  
imports: import random
  import os
  from collections import defaultdict
  import hydra
  from omegaconf import DictConfig
  from dataclasses import dataclass, field
  from typing import List, Dict, Any
  from parlai.crowdsourcing.projects.wizard_of_internet import constants
  from parlai.crowdsourcing.projects.wizard_of_internet.wizard_internet_blueprint import WIZARD_INTERNET_PARLAICHAT_BLUEPRINT
  from parlai.crowdsourcing.utils.mturk import MTurkRunScriptConfig
  import parlai.utils.logging
  from mephisto.abstractions.databases.local_database import LocalMephistoDB
  from mephisto.abstractions.blueprints.parlai_chat.parlai_chat_blueprint import SharedParlAITaskState
  from mephisto.operations.operator import Operator
  from mephisto.operations.hydra_config import register_script_config
  from mephisto.tools.scripts import load_db_and_process_config
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: load_apprentice_persona_list(personas_fpath, shuffle) and returns: personas